(Now I know this isn't right or fair, but it is reality)
As a web-developer with a heavy design department to please, more often than not we target content to browsers. There are basically 3 browser types we deal with:
IE 5.x and above(about 72% of traffic)
Netscape 4.x (about 25% of traffic)
Other (about 3% of traffic)
"Other" Content is designed to be safe, and will run on anything from Lynx, Opera, Omniweb, iCab, Mozilla,Konquerer, or whatever.
I know it's not fair, it's just the reality of things.
SOAP can be sent via FTP, SSH-tunneled CVS, even SMTP. It just so happens HTTP can be secured, has nice built in response request model, and even my mother has a web server.
How can you bash Microsoft AND know what they think. I love how everyone hates them, but knows exactly how they work, function, and deal with everything.
<Obscure_Nietzsche_Reference>
Don't stare into the abyss too long, my freind
</Obscure_Nietzsche_Reference>
...but many developers move on to different roles, like software architect (less coding, but more high level development), or Project Manager, or even start a business and become the richest man in the world.
Bash Mr. Gates all you want, but he did quit college to become a developer about 15 years before it was trendy to do it.
Instead of screaming and whining and pointing fingers, why don't you pick up a book and find out what it is about.
I am now an ASP.NET developer (not exclusively). And everybody I know (even an objective-c developer) are looking at ASP.NET's API and features and are saying, "Wow, that is actually cool."
Before crying about it, and complaining about it why not learn about it.
Foster's character explained away all your tech questions in a very beleivable matter. They just moved in and didn't have time to hook up the phones so...
A) If there was an alarm im the Panic Room it wouldn't work(no phone line). Plus the Alarm in the house was never set, because she didn't know how turn it on, and Whittaker's character disabled it as soon as he walked in.
B) What cell phone works in a stainless steel box. She even tried that.
C) Net Connection? No Phone Lines? Wireless through inches of steel? Your point?
The film had beleivable characters, inexperienced stupid bad guys. Smart scared mom. Fincher (the director) has a knack for creating very beleivable characters, and putting then in incredible situations.
An OS software entity discovers or gets a report of a bug/possible exploit for there OS. That OS software entity makes a patch and publishes it. The script kiddies that moniter security web sites see the new patch and write or download an exploit for the bug. They deploy it on as many boxes as possible, and so begins a viral growth of an exploit.
My point being if companies hire competent administrators that keep up with patches and user with high-speed connections don't ignore the pop-ups(at least in windows) that tell them to download a critical security patch, there wouldn't be the problem as big as it is now.
There is no such thing as a comletely secure peice of software. But if you keep ahead of the script kiddies by applying patches as they are offered, you run a very good chance (98%) of never being comprimised.
I administer a handfull of window servers. I keep up with the patches. In fact the patch for "Code Red" was available 3 months before "Code Red" hit. My Servers have never been comprimised via an OS related security bug. (They were 3 times for other reasons: An Apple Share Software Package, A un-fire-walled anonymous ftp left open, and an application server.)
98% of all comprimises are because of outdated and unpatched software, and lazy admins. A company should be responsible if they refuse to patch or admit of an exploit, not because Johnny B. Lazy didn't patch it.
Yes, there are many language choices for developers(too many if you look at things like mindf*ck).
But look in job listings. As far as companies that are hiring developers there are basically 3 laguages: C++, Java, VB. The minor ones and still sought are Perl and Python, are out there but not as marketable.
I know and use Java, Perl, and VB. I think I am a little more "marketable" (that means I am quicker to get a job) then a K or a LISP coder. Most employers don't care if you are moderatly comfortable in 15 programming languages. They would rather you just be a Killer Java Guru, or a lightning fast VB coder.
This doesn't mean it's right, just the reality of the situation. There will always be marketable Development Platforms. And there will always be esoteric, and near artistic Development Platforms for us to geek out on.
Esperanto was a better language, it doesn't mean it will be embraced.
BTW Embedded systems developers don't get paid as well as Application developers. That's why I switched. That, and I find the work more demanding.
Excellent Point. Here in Pittsburgh there was an Ueber DotCom Craze. I was even a victim of a failed one. Most of my freinds have been laid off at one point or another. But the longest unemployment time was about a month and a have (because he spent three weeks in Hawaii).
My point is, Yes the economy has changed. No longer are companies hiring 60 developers at an ungodly high rate. They are hiring exactly what they need and at a reasonable rate.
My key to getting employment in a lousy job market. Make them like you, think they need you and then deliver. If you have the skills you will get the job. If you can't find a job, then maybe you don't have the skills, you just used to have the job.
It was going in the bucket before he took office, the lame duck clinton (lowercase-c) was to busy pardoning Patty Hearst and his brother's friends, and his frat buddies to worry about the economy.
A) Lack of pro-quailty connection. (XLR, TRS, or even just balanced etc)
b) Lack of Quality Mic Pre. Something that small can not carry the components of a decent "professional" microphone pre-amp.
c) Lossy compression. Even the MiniDisc(tm) is lossy, fine for voice, but has limited headroom and has an equivelant sampling rate of 32khz. They do it smart tho removing the ugly and invisible frequency ranges, rather than just chopping them of the top. It is still lossy.
The industry standard will be the industry standard untill some makes a field recorder that has the same or better specs, or the same or smaller size, or the same or less money.
Not really they both came out around 85, and MS windows was in development starting 82-83. They macs hit in 89. and X WIndows is not marketed as an alternative to MS WIndows and deosn't run MS Window Applications.
A) There are not enough computers on the internet to slahdot MS. I have been on the MSN Campus and seen the NOC and ser rooms. It's an amazing operation.
B) If I decided to build and market a car called Fnord Mustang, and marketed it as a less expensive alternate to a Ford Mustang. And Ford Sued me would you say fuck ford?
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(Now I know this isn't right or fair, but it is reality)
As a web-developer with a heavy design department to please, more often than not we target content to browsers. There are basically 3 browser types we deal with:
IE 5.x and above(about 72% of traffic)
Netscape 4.x (about 25% of traffic)
Other (about 3% of traffic)
"Other" Content is designed to be safe, and will run on anything from Lynx, Opera, Omniweb, iCab, Mozilla,Konquerer, or whatever.
I know it's not fair, it's just the reality of things.
10 CLS 20 PRINT "I KNOW EVERYTHING "; 30 PRINT " -- NO REALLY -- "; 40 GOTO 20
SOAP can be sent via FTP, SSH-tunneled CVS, even SMTP. It just so happens HTTP can be secured, has nice built in response request model, and even my mother has a web server.
How can you bash Microsoft AND know what they think. I love how everyone hates them, but knows exactly how they work, function, and deal with everything.
<Obscure_Nietzsche_Reference>
Don't stare into the abyss too long, my freind
</Obscure_Nietzsche_Reference>
...but many developers move on to different roles, like software architect (less coding, but more high level development), or Project Manager, or even start a business and become the richest man in the world.
Bash Mr. Gates all you want, but he did quit college to become a developer about 15 years before it was trendy to do it.
Instead of screaming and whining and pointing fingers, why don't you pick up a book and find out what it is about.
I am now an ASP.NET developer (not exclusively). And everybody I know (even an objective-c developer) are looking at ASP.NET's API and features and are saying, "Wow, that is actually cool."
Before crying about it, and complaining about it why not learn about it.
Foster's character explained away all your tech questions in a very beleivable matter. They just moved in and didn't have time to hook up the phones so...
A) If there was an alarm im the Panic Room it wouldn't work(no phone line). Plus the Alarm in the house was never set, because she didn't know how turn it on, and Whittaker's character disabled it as soon as he walked in.
B) What cell phone works in a stainless steel box. She even tried that.
C) Net Connection? No Phone Lines? Wireless through inches of steel? Your point?
The film had beleivable characters, inexperienced stupid bad guys. Smart scared mom. Fincher (the director) has a knack for creating very beleivable characters, and putting then in incredible situations.
Remember it's the movies, not real life.
for those of you that didn't know check out this link and learn about Microsoft's "Shared-Source" Rotor project based off the .NET CLI and C#.
A) you didn't post with a name, coward.
B) you are probably a person that judges an OS by it's Admins.
C) if you are just going to bitch, don't bother, or try saying something that just isn't the vomit of your tunnel-visioned opinion.
It's is irrational, unprofessional blokes like you that scream, "fuck microsoft, all praise linux" that will hurt linux the worst.
Right now, most (not all) upper IT managment see Linux as a Hobby OS of the angst filled, teen-aged geek. Thank you for perpetuating that reputation.
If vampirism is a viral infection, how can you have a pure blood vampire?
think AIDs baby.
Recommended browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0
running on Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
"Code Red"
The Sercurity Pacth was available in June. The Worm hit in August/September.
An OS software entity discovers or gets a report of a bug/possible exploit for there OS. That OS software entity makes a patch and publishes it. The script kiddies that moniter security web sites see the new patch and write or download an exploit for the bug. They deploy it on as many boxes as possible, and so begins a viral growth of an exploit.
My point being if companies hire competent administrators that keep up with patches and user with high-speed connections don't ignore the pop-ups(at least in windows) that tell them to download a critical security patch, there wouldn't be the problem as big as it is now.
There is no such thing as a comletely secure peice of software. But if you keep ahead of the script kiddies by applying patches as they are offered, you run a very good chance (98%) of never being comprimised.
I administer a handfull of window servers. I keep up with the patches. In fact the patch for "Code Red" was available 3 months before "Code Red" hit. My Servers have never been comprimised via an OS related security bug. (They were 3 times for other reasons: An Apple Share Software Package, A un-fire-walled anonymous ftp left open, and an application server.)
98% of all comprimises are because of outdated and unpatched software, and lazy admins. A company should be responsible if they refuse to patch or admit of an exploit, not because Johnny B. Lazy didn't patch it.
Yes, there are many language choices for developers(too many if you look at things like mindf*ck).
But look in job listings. As far as companies that are hiring developers there are basically 3 laguages: C++, Java, VB. The minor ones and still sought are Perl and Python, are out there but not as marketable.
I know and use Java, Perl, and VB. I think I am a little more "marketable" (that means I am quicker to get a job) then a K or a LISP coder. Most employers don't care if you are moderatly comfortable in 15 programming languages. They would rather you just be a Killer Java Guru, or a lightning fast VB coder.
This doesn't mean it's right, just the reality of the situation. There will always be marketable Development Platforms. And there will always be esoteric, and near artistic Development Platforms for us to geek out on.
Esperanto was a better language, it doesn't mean it will be embraced.
BTW Embedded systems developers don't get paid as well as Application developers. That's why I switched. That, and I find the work more demanding.
...Microsoft Bob, err...
...I mean Microsoft Office Assistance, ummm...
...I mean Microsoft Agent, uhh...
It really is a shame how much linux users want to make there enviroment more, and more like windows.
I am a cross platform developer. There are different tools for different jobs.
Example: Would you use C++ to handle web forms? Would you use Perl to build a GUI for a Database front end on Windows?
The buzz words are that, buzz words. When deciding on a devlopment enviroment the 3 most important things are:
1) Platform and Portability.
2) Time of Development.
3) Scaling and performance.
The request you are talking about sounds like a bullshit buearacratic crappy request from bored management.
Run away, Run away!
Excellent Point. Here in Pittsburgh there was an Ueber DotCom Craze. I was even a victim of a failed one. Most of my freinds have been laid off at one point or another. But the longest unemployment time was about a month and a have (because he spent three weeks in Hawaii).
My point is, Yes the economy has changed. No longer are companies hiring 60 developers at an ungodly high rate. They are hiring exactly what they need and at a reasonable rate.
My key to getting employment in a lousy job market. Make them like you, think they need you and then deliver. If you have the skills you will get the job. If you can't find a job, then maybe you don't have the skills, you just used to have the job.
It was going in the bucket before he took office, the lame duck clinton (lowercase-c) was to busy pardoning Patty Hearst and his brother's friends, and his frat buddies to worry about the economy.
190 frames a sec? why do you need that when most monitors only refresh half the screen 75-100 times a second?
Just wondering?
A) Lack of pro-quailty connection. (XLR, TRS, or even just balanced etc)
b) Lack of Quality Mic Pre. Something that small can not carry the components of a decent "professional" microphone pre-amp.
c) Lossy compression. Even the MiniDisc(tm) is lossy, fine for voice, but has limited headroom and has an equivelant sampling rate of 32khz. They do it smart tho removing the ugly and invisible frequency ranges, rather than just chopping them of the top. It is still lossy.
The industry standard will be the industry standard untill some makes a field recorder that has the same or better specs, or the same or smaller size, or the same or less money.
Check this. As a web developer, it's nearly impossible to cover all the spec.
Ergh...
Cutting edge = The leading new technology.
Bleeding Edge = The Very Fringe, Nitty Gritty new technology.
Not really they both came out around 85, and MS windows was in development starting 82-83. They macs hit in 89. and X WIndows is not marketed as an alternative to MS WIndows and deosn't run MS Window Applications.
A) There are not enough computers on the internet to slahdot MS. I have been on the MSN Campus and seen the NOC and ser rooms. It's an amazing operation.
B) If I decided to build and market a car called Fnord Mustang, and marketed it as a less expensive alternate to a Ford Mustang. And Ford Sued me would you say fuck ford?